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Wide Angle

Season 7 2008

  • 2008-07-01T04:00:00Z on PBS
  • 50m
  • 5h 50m (7 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Dedicated to international current affairs documentaries, each episode of ``Wide Angle'' features producers and journalists from around the world reporting on an event, issue or trend through the eyes of the people who are living it. Former CNN and ABC newsman Aaron Brown is the series' anchor, introducing the featured documentary before closing each broadcast with a one-on-one interview with a high-profile guest who lends perspective on how global concerns affect Americans and U.S. foreign policy.

7 episodes

Season Premiere

2008-07-01T04:00:00Z

7x01 Heart of Darfur

Season Premiere

7x01 Heart of Darfur

  • 2008-07-01T04:00:00Z50m

The film Heart of Darfur captures the desperation of daily life in remote villages, crowded refugee camps, and in El Fasher, the once sleepy capital of North Darfur that is now home to 100,000 refugees and 10,000 U.N. personnel.

2008-07-08T04:00:00Z

7x02 Japan's About Face

7x02 Japan's About Face

  • 2008-07-08T04:00:00Z50m

The film "Japan's About-Face" is a remarkable window into the shifting role of the military in post-war Japanese society. WIDE ANGLE has acquired exclusive access to the National Defense Academy, Japan's "West Point."

2008-07-15T04:00:00Z

7x03 Birth of a Surgeon

7x03 Birth of a Surgeon

  • 2008-07-15T04:00:00Z50m

Midwives are being trained in advanced lifesaving surgery in Mozambique.

2008-07-22T04:00:00Z

7x04 The Burning Season

7x04 The Burning Season

  • 2008-07-22T04:00:00Z50m

"Burning Season" kindles both sides of the climate divide in Indonesia and explores whether capitalism can step in where altruism has so far failed to succeed.

2008-07-29T04:00:00Z

7x05 Lord's Children

7x05 Lord's Children

  • 2008-07-29T04:00:00Z50m

"Lord’s Children" follows three former child soldiers in Uganda who escape from the bush and try to put their lives back together.

2008-08-12T04:00:00Z

7x06 China Prep

7x06 China Prep

  • 2008-08-12T04:00:00Z50m

"China Prep" follows five Chinese students through their final high-pressure year at an elite high school in Sichuan Province, where a class of 1,800 teenagers are competing for 59 spots in China’s top two universities.

Season Finale

2008-08-19T04:00:00Z

7x07 Iraqi Exodus

Season Finale

7x07 Iraqi Exodus

  • 2008-08-19T04:00:00Z50m

WIDE ANGLE reports from the frontlines of the staggering refugee crisis that is unfolding in the Middle East as Iraqis flee their war-torn country at the rate of up to 50,000 people per month.

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